User terminal, radio base station, radio communication method, and radio communication system

Abstract

A user terminal that communicates with a plurality of cell groups (CG), each group being formed with one or more cells to use different frequency bands, and a control section that selects at least one cell, from the cells where uplink control signals can be allocated, which are configured in each CG, and controls the cell to transmit the uplink control signals. When information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling (CCS) is included in a downlink control signal, the control section decides whether or not the cell having received the downlink control signal and the cell that is designated by the information to indicate CCS belong to the same CG, and selects the cell based on this decision. Thus, the decrease of overall system performance can be reduced even when CCS and uplink control signal transmission in secondary cells are employed at the same time.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A user terminal that communicates in a plurality of cell groups, each group being formed with one or more cells, the user terminal comprising:
 a receiver that receives downlink control information; and 
 a processor that controls at least a first cell to transmit uplink control information, among a plurality of cells to which the uplink control information can be allocated and which are configured in each cell group, 
 wherein, when information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling is included in the downlink control information, and 
 when a second cell having received the downlink control information and a third cell that is designated by the information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling belong to a first cell group of the plurality of cell groups, 
 then the processor determines the at least first cell among the plurality of cells for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on the information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling and 
 controls the at least first cell among the plurality of cells, to which uplink control information can be allocated and that is included in the first cell group to which the second cell that receives the downlink control information belongs to, to transmit the uplink control information on the PUCCH, and 
 wherein, when the third cell that is designated by the information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling belongs to a second cell group of the plurality of cell groups, the processor does not support cross-carrier scheduling between the second cell that receives the downlink control information, which belongs to the first cell group and the third cell designated by information indicating the cross-carrier scheduling, which belongs to the second cell group. 
 
     
     
       2. The user terminal according to  claim 1 , wherein the cross-carrier scheduling from a cell other than the first cell to which uplink control information can be allocated, to the first cell to which uplink control information can be allocated, is not supported by the processor. 
     
     
       3. A radio communication method for a user terminal that communicates in a plurality of cell groups, each group being formed with one or more cells, the radio communication method comprising:
 receiving downlink control information; and 
 controlling at least a first cell to transmit the uplink control information, among a plurality of cells to which uplink control information can be allocated and which are configured in each cell group, 
 wherein in the controlling, when information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling is included in the downlink control information, and 
 when a second cell having received the downlink control information and a third cell that is designated by the information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling belong to a first cell group of the plurality of cell groups, 
 then the at least first cell among the plurality of cells is determined for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on the information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling and 
 the at least first cell among the plurality of cells, to which uplink control information can be allocated and that is included in the first cell group to which the second cell that receives the downlink control information belongs to, is controlled to transmit the uplink control information on the PUCCH, and 
 wherein, when the third cell that is designated by the information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling belongs to a second cell group of the plurality of cell groups, in the controlling, cross-carrier scheduling is not supported between the second cell that receives the downlink control information, which belongs to the first cell group and the third cell designated by information indicating cross-carrier scheduling, which belongs to the second cell group.